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Messi's free-kick wall duties get Fooftly's comic treatment

The clips channel turns defensive positioning into a running joke, while viewers point out the purpose behind Messi lying on the turf.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 758,386 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (45,845).

Messi in Free Kick Walls 😂

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The referee has the spray out, Argentina's defensive wall is assembling, and Lionel Messi is standing apart from the group. Fooftly supplies an imagined instruction to get into position, turning a pause before a free kick into the setup for a joke.

The football clips channel's "Messi in Free Kick Walls 😂" drew an estimated 760,000 views in its first day, roughly sixteen times its usual Shorts start. This is a music-backed compilation of match footage, with comic captions rather than recorded conversations between the players.

Across the edit, Messi looks around as a referee marks the turf, repositions himself and lines up behind Julián Álvarez. The captions cast him as someone repeatedly needing directions, an unusual supporting role for a player so associated with taking free kicks himself.

The closing PSG clip puts him flat on the grass behind the wall. That has prompted a tactical explanation in the comments: his position blocks the low route beneath teammates who might jump. What looks like the compilation's most unlikely assignment has a straightforward defensive purpose.

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What viewers say

The last messi clip is actually really smart

The opponet shooting could have just shoteed under but since messi is there the opponent cant shoot under so actually messi was actually really smart in the last situation
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